殷墟

Yīnxū

proper noun

Meanings

1 Yinxu, the ruins of Yin, last capital of the Shang dynasty, at Anyang in Henan

Characters

Yin (the late Shang capital)

Examples

HSK 3

殷墟在河南安阳。

Yīnxū zài Hénán Ānyáng.

Yinxu is at Anyang in Henan.

HSK 7-9

殷墟出土了大量甲骨文和青铜器。

Yīnxū chūtǔ le dàliàng jiǎgǔwén hé qīngtóngqì.

Large numbers of oracle-bone inscriptions and bronzes have been dug up at Yinxu.

Tips

history

King 盘庚 moved the Shang capital here around 1300 BC, and it stayed until the dynasty fell in 1046 BC, which is why the late Shang is also called 殷. Digs since 1928 have found palaces, royal tombs such as that of the woman general 妇好, and the heaviest Shang bronze vessel, the Houmuwu ding.

memory

墟 means "ruins", as in 废墟. The site was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2006.

Stroke Order

殷 yīn

墟 xū